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Mark Huggett
Has produced several albums including the South African Music Awards nominated and critically acclaimed “ Max Roach Park”
Set up the Independent Record label Jazz Direct
Also works in Music and Art education teaching drums, Art History and Digital Photography at the City Lit, CALAT and with The Annie Whitehead World Jazz Big Band Workshop
Works extensively as a live session drummer in London, regularly playing Jazz, Rock Blues, Ska and World Music.
Awards
Nomination for best Jazz CD of the Year at South African Music Awards
Gear
I play a Yamaha 9000R Hot Red finish drum kit; 20 inch Bass Drum 13 inch tom and 16 inch floor. DW Bronze snare, Evans heads, Yamaha hardware including double bass drum pedal. Cymbals mixture of Zildjian ride, oriental splash and chinese cymbal, Paiste hi hats and Sabian crash. Vic Firth drums sticks
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Wilson Huggett Project: Field of Hope
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Five years after Max Roach Park (Jazz Direct, 2006), UK/South African bassist Dan Wilson and drummer Mark Huggett return with a multinational, multidimensional offering that continues and improves upon the strong suits of their earlier disc.On the one hand, there is a focus on establishing moods, often undergirded by deep and pleasing grooves; this tendency would, if unchecked, lead the performances toward nicely played, attractively conceived background music. On the other hand, their international coterie of players serves ...
read moreDan Wilson / Mark Huggett Project: Max Roach Park
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Too few musical groups call themselves projects"; perhaps they fear unwarranted comparison with the Alan Parsons Project (you know, I Am The Eye In The Sky"). As indeed they should. Some groups nevertheless really are projects, which is to say, not necessarily long-term relationships but rather short to medium-term agglomerations of talent, with a fixed objective and a focused vision. So it is with Max Roach Park, the new record by the Dan Wilson/Mark Huggett Project. (The ...
read moreMax Roach Park CD Nominated for Best Jazz CD of the Year at the South African Music Awards
Source:
All About Jazz
Musketeer Records is best known for working with rock bands like Seether and Fevertree but The Dan Wilson Mark Huggett Project sent the label a CD that was too good to ignore. Max Roach Park is a fascinating World Music/Jazz album that has seen the record label dive into unfamiliar territory and surface smiling. The Dan Wilson Mark Huggett Project has a very unique and refreshing style. The SAMA judges clearly agree that this album is too good to ignore. ...
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Primary Instrument
Drums
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Credentials/Background
City Lit, QTS £30 per hour
Photos
Music
Tribute to Andy Goldsworthy
From: Field of HopeBy Mark Huggett